, and what better way to while away Christmas day than doing a skin for FSX. I present the Volcanic Air Safaris de Havilland Beaver ZK-VAS.
As most will probably know the actual VAS located at Rotorua is an Otter, but since the beaver is a close sister aircraft, thought it made for a great skin. The Otter has a very interesting history, as it was built in 1954 and served the Canadian Air Force for many years. The Otter served with a rescue unit in Nova Scotia first and was later shipped to Egypt as part of the United Nations duties to supervise the ceasefire between Israel and Egypt after the Suez crisis.
In 1975, the Otter was transferred to the Province of Ontario to fly for the Ministry of Natural Resources. It flew government personnel to remote areas and was used for VAS websirescue work, fire fighting and cargo carrying. An American company bought the Otter in 1986 and from then on, the floatplane became a tourist carrier. Not long after, it was purchased by an Alaskan company who used the Otter for commuter type services. A few years later, The Otter made its way back to Canada and in 2004 it was shipped to New Zealand. YAY!
Note: Unfortunately I'm not flowing with wisdom on this aircraft, the information provided above was taken from the VAS Website
The Beaver will be available to download exclusively from the ARNZ website in a few hours. Cheers.
I will d/l soon, as I enjoy flying that little aircraft (its not too bad on fps lol) 
